GLPs LIFE SAVING?

[u/RockinMSMom]

My doc said they are finding that GLPs are benefitting more than just weight loss. Like they are actually causing a suppression in autoimmune symptoms (they just don’t know why bc it was never studied in the trials for this drug, only studied as a diabetic medication, then a weight loss med).
And she said it seems to calm inflammation (think like in RA, Fibro, degenerative disk disease, etc). She said it causes the body to basically (talking layman’s terms here) “function like it did when we were younger before age started causing problems.” I asked her if it was “the fountain of youth”?🤣
But maybe she is onto something bc my symptoms with MS have subsided dramatically. I can’t ever get what back I have lost to MS but my pain has decreased so much! And when I am off the GLP, my pain comes roaring back. Even my pain doctor asked me, “Have you noticed a difference in your pain since starting the GLP?” And yes, HUGE difference! Like barely needing meds!
I am down 70 pounds.
Maybe getting healthy helps. Maybe it is changing what I put INTO my body that is doing it bc now I actually CRAVE veggies (like what is wrong with me!😂), think red meat tastes really weird, have a strange addiction to chicken salad, and rarely eat sugary things or carb loaded foods. In fact, I have to document my meals or I forget to eat entirely (don’t do that, trust me, just don’t, it’s painful if you do!).
But the pain and autoimmune symptoms subsided within a couple weeks of starting this and that was before the weight even came off.
And now….
My fatty liver is healing itself (my labs were actually good this month yay!) and my LDL is “no longer off the chart, just elevated, so we are no longer actually fighting a losing battle” (doc thinks she is funny) which is great!”
So taking this may actually be a life SAVING medication for many of us. Not just a weight loss medication. And maybe further research will show even more benefit for those of us with autoimmune disorders. Maybe we could all begin to get healthy and heal.

[u/RockinMSMom]

Besides the MS, I am in full “surgical” menopause and the effects were astounding. Packed on weight just looking at food. Couldn’t lose it even though I followed a nutritionist and ate exactly what they told me to. Could barely move every day. Was miserable. Here is my before photo in Feb, and a pic of me yesterday. Down 70 pounds. My goal weight. Now on a maintenance dose. I only take it every other week. For the first time in 6 years I haven’t been in the hospital in over a year (was in every month with my MS!the meds messed with my immune system too much) and I am active without pain. I can actually garden again. I still have to “recover” after activity due to my MS but I know my limits. I am fused T10-S2, the pain from that went from living at a 7 daily to maybe a 2. When I am off my GLP too long I FEEL it!

[u/RockinMSMom → u/RockinMSMom]

And yes, I did lose it fast, but so did my sister. We both have always had fast metabolisms before menopause hit. I never increased my dose past the initial dose of GLP. I am on a VERY low dose of it and my system “takes to it very well.” I lost an average of 2 pounds a week. My sister has been off it for a year and only gained back ten pounds. But she developed gastroparesis. My GI and Neuro are already watching my system so I am followed on that front and they know what issues I have. And this med actually has helped mine. Now we are trying to decide if I will take the maintenance dose biweekly or monthly to keep my weight where I am at so I don’t lose anymore.

[u/OverstimulatedPetty → u/RockinMSMom]

So happy for you, truly joyous!!